Corrections

Despite my best efforts, and those of my stalwart editors, some mistakes still somehow manage to find their way into each edition. Sorry. I don’t know how the typo-gremlins gain access to my manuscripts! I really don’t.

If you think you found a typo, please send it to me so I can post it here, and avoid confusing any additional readers. Please include the edition number, page number, and anything else you think I’ll need to find it. Also, let me know if you’d like to be credited on this page.

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  • Page 2: Mid-page should read “It is readily obvious that this chord progression can be applied to any key, whereas, when written in notation, it already is in a specific key.” Not “is already is…” Thanks to reader Augie Medina for finding this one.
  • Page 64: In the paragraph that starts “The bVII chord,” in the second sentence, “five to one) should be changed to “five to one”… Thanks to Nora Spiering for this one.
  • Page 66: The second to the last paragraph should read “[…] to think in terms of inverting a tritone rather than inverting a +4 to a °5 or vice versa.” (not “+5 to a °4”) Thanks to eagle-eye reader Joe Bowbeer of Seattle for spotting this one.
  • Page 85: The second paragraph from the bottom (the “How does it work? paragraph) should read “For example, a D7 chord” rather than “For example, A D7 chord”
  • Later in that same paragraph, it should read “This is because the interval of a tritone inverts to a tritone (see page 66),” rather than “(see Chapter 8).”
  • Page 153: The last line of the first paragraph, should read “The Bb9 works fine as an Fm6, or even as a low Dm7b5…” Thanks to eagle-eye Siddharth Satish for finding this one!!
  • Page 173: Answers to Chapter 2: E Major should be four sharps (F#, C#, G#, and D#) Thanks to Brian Hanna.
  • Page 175: Answers to Chapter 11: the relative minor of Bb is Gm, not Dm.
  • Page 178: Answers to Chapter 21: Modes Worksheet #1: Dorian Mode: the F note is a b7 (flat 7), not a natural 7 as shown.

Page 153: The last line of the first paragraph, should read “The Bb9 works fine as an Fm6, or even as a low Dm7b5…” Not Em7b5! Thanks to eagle-eye Siddharth Satish for finding this one!!

I don’t seem to have any records of typos in this edition, impossible as that may seem… well, to me, at least.

There were actually many reprints of the first edition, without fanfare, but with a number of corrections along the way. Although I’m sure there were many many more, here are the ones I have a record of:

  • Page 14: the second paragraph should read, “Notice that sharps and flats are written from left to RIGHT in the order added.”
  • Page 48, notation example: the fourth chord should be 7b5 rather than mb5.
  • Page 77: notation example: the second chord is actually #iidim7, not #iim7.
  • Page 117: Example 1, second line: Bb is bVII (flat seven), not ♭VIII.
  • Page 131: Answers to Chapter 3: in the line for 5 flats, the newest flat should be G flat, not A flat.
  • Page 136: Answers to Chapter 25: the root of the Abm11 should, oddly enough, be an A flat rather than an A natural.
  • Page 137: the F# harmonic minor scale’s final “#” is missing. That is, the last note should be F#, not F.
  • Page 138: the root of the Abm11 should, oddly enough, be an Ab rather than an A natural.